WRITER

Sigitas Geda

1943 - 2008

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Sigitas Geda (full name - Sigitas Zigmas Geda; 4 February 1943 – 12 December 2008) was a Lithuanian poet, translator, playwright, essayist, critic and a member of the Lithuanian independence movement, Sąjūdis, and of the Lithuanian parliament, Seimas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sigitas Geda has received more than 32,780 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sigitas Geda is the 6,095th most popular writer (down from 5,483rd in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Lithuania (down from 158th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Lithuanian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 33k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Ushcherbnai︠a︡ luna, osenni︠a︡i︠a︡ bogini︠a︡
1986
Daugiau nevaidinsiu Sofoklio
2006
Man gražiausias klebonas--varnėnas
Authorship, Interviews, Lithuanian Poets
1998
Poezija
2006
Septynių vasarų giesmės
1991
Dainuojantis ir šokantis mergaitės vieversėlis
1981
Septynių vasarų giesmės
1991
Ushcherbnai︠a︡ luna, osenni︠a︡i︠a︡ bogini︠a︡
1986
26 rudens ir vasaros giesmės
1972
Žalio gintaro vėriniai
1988
Babilono atstatymas
1994
Baltojo nieko dainelės
1977

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sigitas Geda ranks 6,095 out of 7,302. Before him are Coventry Patmore, Owen Barfield, Peter Orlovsky, Aglaja Veteranyi, János Batsányi, and Jakob Jakobsen. After him are John Betjeman, Eva Crane, Pavel Antokolsky, George Grove, Antjie Krog, and María Dueñas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Sigitas Geda ranks 630. Before him are Max Jean, Dieter Schubert, Iñaki Azkuna, Yawovi Agboyibo, Bob Kerrey, and Francesco Rizzo. After him are Denílson Custódio Machado, Robert J. Bentley, John Casper, Joe Namath, George Woods, and Edwin Hawkins. Among people deceased in 2008, Sigitas Geda ranks 336. Before him are Carl Kaufmann, Avery Dulles, Alton Ellis, Françoise Demulder, Viktor Kuzkin, and Eddy Arnold. After him are Sam Bottoms, Nirmala Deshpande, Joseph Pevney, Chicão, Thomas M. Disch, and Andrzej Badeński.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Sigitas Geda ranks 194 out of 328. Before him are Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), Kęstutis Šapka (1949), Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892), Edgaras Jankauskas (1975), and Albertas Šimėnas (1950). After him are Nijolė Sabaitė (1950), Raimondas Rumšas (1972), Linas Antanas Linkevičius (1961), Žydrūnas Savickas (1975), Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978), and Artūras Kasputis (1967).

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Among WRITERS In Lithuania

Among writers born in Lithuania, Sigitas Geda ranks 23. Before him are Mordecai Kaplan (1881), Mikalojus Daukša (1527), Georgy Ivanov (1894), Petras Cvirka (1909), Jurga Ivanauskaitė (1961), and Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892). After him are Arvydas Juozaitis (1956).

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